Alert archive / Nevada / Flash Flood Warnings in 2017
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this flash flood warning at Aug 6, 2017, 2:14 PM PDT for Eureka County, Lander County, Nye County, Nevada. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 6, 2017, 2:14 PM PDT (21:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2017, 5:15 PM PDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Elko, NV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Eureka County, NV, Lander County, NV, Nye County, NV
The radar
The Elko radar (KLRX), 192 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Reno, NV (KREV), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 164 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -198 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1912 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
458 WGUS55 KLKN 062114 FFWLKN NVC011-015-023-070015- /O.NEW.KLKN.FF.W.0009.170806T2114Z-170807T0015Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Elko NV 214 PM PDT SUN AUG 6 2017 The National Weather Service in Elko Nevada has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Southeastern Lander County in north central Nevada... North central Nye County in south central Nevada... Southwestern Eureka County in north central Nevada... * Until 515 PM PDT * At 213 PM PDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly. * Some locations that will experience flooding include... Little Fish Lake Valley, Mount Jefferson, Monitor Valley and Table Mountain. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. A Flash Flood Warning means that flooding is imminent or occurring. If you are in the warned area move to higher ground immediately. Residents living along streams and creeks should take immediate precautions to protect life and property. && LAT...LON 3931 11604 3862 11608 3862 11699 3932 11694 $$ JR/SH
1 follow-up statement
691 WGUS75 KLKN 070018 FFSLKN Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Elko NV 518 PM PDT SUN AUG 6 2017 NVC011-015-023-070028- /O.EXP.KLKN.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-170807T0015Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Lander NV-Nye NV-Eureka NV- 518 PM PDT SUN AUG 6 2017 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LANDER...NORTH CENTRAL NYE AND SOUTHWESTERN EUREKA COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED... The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures. LAT...LON 3931 11604 3862 11608 3862 11699 3932 11694 $$ 99
The office that day
Everything else NWS Elko, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 5:43 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | Nye | 47 min |
| Aug 6, 1:52 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 38 min | |
| Aug 6, 2:40 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 35 min | |
| Aug 6, 3:11 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 34 min | |
| Aug 6, 3:30 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 30 min | |
| Aug 6, 3:35 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | LKN | Nye | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 3:39 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 36 min | |
| Aug 6, 3:46 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | LKN | Eureka, White Pine | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 3:48 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | Eureka | 27 min |
| Aug 6, 4:18 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 27 min | |
| Aug 6, 4:30 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 30 min | |
| Aug 6, 4:47 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 28 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.